Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Tue 15th Nov 2005 06:14 UTC, submitted by Anon_Poster
Even as Microsoft readies a host of new ad-supported online services to battle rivals, the software maker has been mulling a plan to offer free, ad-supported versions of some of its desktop products, CNET News.com has learned.
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RE: And this is different how?
by Hands on Tue 15th Nov 2005 17:51
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Member since:2005-06-30
Bingo!
MS will be able to get a cut on the ad revenue because they will be able to place ads anywhere, not just in the browser. I can't wait to see the Coca-Cola taskbar. Maybe the resurrection of the side-bar in Vista was more for ads than functionality. LOL.
Enough of the conspiracy theories though. Hollywood is already doing something similar. It's an old concept. Just notice how conspicuously obvious the labels of certain products are when you're watching a movie (or even TV). I'm actually surprised that MS hasn't talked about doing this before now.
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2005-10-21
Ad supported Windows. How would this be any different from the current Windows OS? You can't get away from the ads as it is w/ Internet Explorer. Seems like they are innovating their own *feature* rich IE. I guess what will be different is MS will be getting a cut on all that ad revenue.